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Apr 19, 2024
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HMSC 138 SC - Genet
Among an impressive group of post-World War II European writers, Jean Genet stands out as perhaps the most versatile. He was, at once, novelist, playwright, philosopher, filmmaker, memoirist, and polemicist. Is this the reason why Genet’s works, though lauded by both Sartre and Derrida, today occupy a “minor” position in both the academy and the literate world beyond? Through a close reading of some of his most important texts, this course will consider how Genet deployed and confronted sexuality, family, morality, and nation as interrelated aspects of the operations of inclusion/exclusion so central to modern Western societies. This course is designed for mature audiences.
Course Credit: 1.0
Offered: Every other year
Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
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